Top 10 Things Worse Than A Philly World Title

It was actually inevitable once the Phillies took the 3-1 lead because MLB had to finish Game 5 at some point. Even if it wasn’t in Game 5, it would happened in Game 6 or 7. The Phillies were going to win.

The Philadelphia Phillies are world champions… much to the chagrin of a large percentage of Mets fans.

But cheer up Mets faithful. It could be worse. In fact, I can think of 10 things worse than a Phillies world championship…

And thus I present, from the home office in scenic Flushing Meadows, the Top 10 Things Worse Than A Phillies World Championship:

10. Mets find new closer from within: Santana, Johan.

9. FOX secures the television contract for the NHL and NBA just so Joe Buck can pull off the grand slam of ruining all four major sports championships in one year.

8. David Wright retires in January to accept a position in President John McCain’s cabinet.

7. The 2008 World Champion Yankees.

6. Inspired by Wednesday’s events and tired of hearing about how kids can’t stay up to watch the end of World Series games, Bud Selig rules that every World Series game will be played in three-inning intervals, causing the World Series to stretch over three weeks and end just prior to Thanksgiving.

5. The 2008 World Champion Braves.

4. Mitchell Report Part II names Mr. Met.

3. Your World Series MVP, Scott Kazmir.

2. The 2008 Mets collapse in nearly identical fashion to 2007, including falling out of the playoffs on the last day of the season with a brutal loss to the Marlins, only to have to stay in the stadium and try to celebrate the great moments of the past as Shea Stadium closes its doors forever… oh wait, that actually happened… well then, nevermind… let’s just move on to No. 1…

And the Number One Thing Worse Than A Phillies World Championship…

1. The 2009 World Champion Phillies.

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Not in the slightest. It actually felt like a full game with the way it all panned out (not that 25 years of waiting for a championship had anything to do with that).

It might have even been a little better this way, actually, because we were all celebrating in Center City before 10 p.m. If it had been a full game that might not have come before midnight.

I knew it would be awesome, but I had no idea it would be as cool as it was. My wife and I spent all night hugging strangers, hopping from bar to bar, giving high-fives to people driving by honking their horns. We strolled down the center of Broad Street as fireworks went off and people threw armfuls of paper out of skyscraper windows and such.

Actually, now that I think about it, it could have been 2 innings, it could have been 15 innings, it could have been 5 pitches, and I’m not sure anything could have diminished it.

Well that does sound cool. I figured it wouldn’t affect your experience too much, but thought I’d ask.

I think to fans of the Phils and Rays, it didn’t really matter. To people without a dog in the fight, like myself, I think it just never felt right. Obviously it was unchartered territory so it’s not a big surprise.

I didn’t get the feeling that the three-inning aspect made it feel different than a usual game. I sort of felt like it had the intensity of a short sprint to the finish, especially since each of the first three half-innings saw runs scored.